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I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a s

I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

Other quotes by Norman Mailer

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. – Norman Mailer

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Conformity
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Norman Mailer
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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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Media
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When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation. – Jorge Luis Borges

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Writing is a struggle against silence. – Carlos Fuentes

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I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. – James Michener

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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff. – Adlai Stevenson, quoted in Ronald D. Fuchs, You Said a Mouthful

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Im a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I cant challenge the man Im with if means Im going to end up alone. – Jane Fonda

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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day. – Drew Barrymore

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If a man falls once, all will tread upon him. – Thomas Fuller

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When its said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and its a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people. – Paula Deen

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Hope